Saharsa: Parag Singh of Munger won the boys U-15 singles title of Li Ning Bihar State Sub Junior (U-13/U-15) Ranking Badminton Tournament defeating Piyush P Pahepuri of Samastipur 21-9, 21-8 at Indoor Hall here on Sunday.
Parag Singh also clinched a grand double by winning the boys U-15 doubles title partnering with Ashadulla also from his native district. The Munger pair beat the combination of Ishnat Raj and Vineet Kumar (Samstipur-Purnia) 21-19, 21-15.
The girls U-15 crown was captured by Srija of Patna who beat Somya Bharti of Katihar in a gruelling three-game 10-21, 21-13 and 21-18.
In the U-13 section, Kavya Kashyap of Muzaffarpur won the boys title defeating his doubles partner Ashadulla of Munger 21-10, 21-14. However, Ashadulla won the U-13 doubles title partnering with Kavya Kashyap. The pair defeated Arindam Yadav and Yash Bharti (both from Katihar) 21-5, 21-5.
Sulekha Kumari of Patna claimed the girls’ U-13 singles title. Sulekha defeated Tanvie Arya of Patna 21-19, 21-11.
It may be mentioned here that Srija who won the U-15 girls title and Sulekha who won the U-13 girls’ title, are the trainee of recently launched Lord Buddha Badminton Academy, Gaya.
Bihar Badminton Association president Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Saharsa district magistrate Vaibhav Chaudhary, ADM Ravindra Kumar, Bihar Badminton Association KN Jaiswal and president Saharsa District Badminton Association Kishore Munna gave away the prizes.
FINAL RESULTS 28-05-2023
S.N. EVENTS MATCH NO WINNER DISTRICT CERT. NO. RUNNER DISTRICT CERT.NO SCORE
1 BSU13 31 KAVYA KASHYAP MUZ 0349 ASHADULLA MGR 0241 21-10,21-14
2 GSU13 15 SULEKHA KUMARI PAT 0252 TANVIE ARYA PAT 0248 21-19,21-11
3 BDU13 7 ASHADULLA/KAVYA KASHYAP MGR/MUZ 0241/0240 ARINDAM YADAV/YASH BHARTI KAT 0239/0238 21-5,21-5
4 BSU15 31 PARAG SINGH MGR 0237 PIYUSH P PAHEPURI SMP 0236 21-9,21-8
5 GSU15 15 SRIJA PAT 0251 SOMYA BHARTI KAT 0250 10-21,21-13,21-18
6 BDU15 15 ASHADULLA/PARAG SINGH MGR 0350/0351 ISHANT RAJ/VINEET KUMAR SMP/PUR 0339/0336 21-19,21-15
